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45 Years
Why this pick
A quietly devastating, superbly observed portrait of a long marriage, using small routines and withheld feelings to create the same intimate, actor-led emotional pressure.
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MOVIE2012 1h 40m USA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Although a devoted couple, empty nesters Kay and Arnold Soames (Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones) are in need of (in Kay's opinion) help to reignite the spark in their marriage. They have slept in separate rooms for years since their youngest child went off to college, and forgo any physical affection. One day Kay (who works as a Coldwater Creek employee) tells Arnold (a partner in an Omaha accounting firm) she has paid for them to undergo a week of intense marriage counseling with Dr. Bernie Feld (Steve Carell) in a coastal resort town in Maine. Arnold, a creature of plodding, unimaginative routine, denies their marriage is in trouble.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Meryl Streep
Kay
Tommy Lee Jones
Arnold Soames
Steve Carell
Dr. Bernie Feld
Jean Smart
Eileen, Kay's Friend
Marin Ireland
Molly, Their Daughter
Elisabeth Shue
Karen, The Bartender
Susan Misner
Dana, Doctor Feld's Wife
Ben Rappaport
Brad, Their Son